This podcast series from the Legal Services Board explores the regulatory challenges presented by disruptive technologies in legal services.
Episodes
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Aisling O'Connell, Technology and Innovation policy lead, and Paul Nezandonyi, Head of Communications and Engagement at the Legal Services Board (LSB), sit down to discuss the latest LSB Technology paper. They outline how legal services regulators can actively support technology and innovation that safely increase access to legal services and explore the ways in which technology can help open the legal services market up to citizens and small businesses.
Thursday May 21, 2020
Thursday May 21, 2020
David Fowlis, a regulatory policy manager at the Legal Services Board, is joined by Professor Lisa Webley. They discuss the latest technological developments in the legal services context and how these may affect the current practice of law. They also examine how these changes may give rise to ethical considerations similar to or distinct from those already affecting the profession and whether these may require a regulatory response.
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
David Fowlis, a regulatory policy manager at the Legal Services Board, is joined by Associate Professor of Law and Computer Science at Swansea University Adam Wyner. They discuss what regulators can do to ensure that legal education addresses the challenges presented by LegalTech so that lawyers have the knowledge and skills required to shape and use technology to deliver legal services effectively and ethically.
The views expressed in this podcast do not represent the views of the Legal Services Board.
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
David talks to Dr Anna Donovan - the inaugural vice dean of innovation at University College London's Faculty of Laws - about blockchain and its use in legal services. Anna sets out how legal services providers are using blockchain now, how this may change, and the implications for regulators seeking to respond to blockchain's evolution as a legal tool.
The views expressed in this podcast do not represent the views of the Legal Services Board.
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
David Fowlis, a regulatory policy manager at the Legal Services Board, is joined by Noel Semple, Associate Professor of Law at the University of WIndsor, Ontario, to discuss whether the existing regulatory framework is sufficiently flexible to respond to challenges presented by the increasing use of technology in legal services.
The views expressed in this podcast do not represent the views of the Legal Services Board.
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
David Fowlis, a regulatory policy manager at the Legal Services Board, is joined by legal services consultant Alison Hook. In their discussion about the ethical and regulatory challenges presented by disruptive technologies, Alison identifies the lessons to be learned from abroad and compares the varying responses to technology by regulators internationally.
The views expressed in this podcast do not represent the views of the Legal Services Board.
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
David Fowlis, a regulatory policy manager at the Legal Services Board, is joined by Roger Brownsword, Professor of Law at King's College London, to discuss how technology is being used and regulated in other professional services sectors in the UK and what lessons legal services regulators can learn from the experiences of others.
The views expressed in this podcast do not represent the views of the Legal Services Board.